Yuehan Lu

Ocean collapse triggered ancient wildfires, research suggests

Ocean collapse triggered ancient wildfires, research suggests Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor Research led by the University of Alabama found that widespread wildfires during one of Earth's ancient environmental crises did not trigger an ocean collapse but were a consequence of it. The study, published in Science Advances in April, revisits the Late Devonian period, when large parts of the coastal ocean became oxygen-depleted, disrupting marine ecosystems on a...